Sixty years ago, the USS Skate surfaced at the ice-free North Pole.
The Changing Face of the Arctic; The Changing Face of the Arctic – The New York Times
The Bush family immediately recognized it as an opportunity to wage war with Russia.
13 Aug 1958, 1 – Star-Gazette at Newspapers.com
So nothing has changed over the last 60 years, except that the ice is a lot thicker now.
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